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Maternity Outfits.—Twenty sterilised maternity outfits were
issued during the year—16 were sold at cost price, 3 at reduced price
and 1 was supplied free of cost.
Consultants in Difficult Maternity Cases.—There was one case
during the year in which the services of an obstetric specialist were
required in connection with difficult confinement. The mother was
in a nursing home and labour terminated normally.
There was also one case in which a private practitioner requested
the services of a consultant for a patient who had had an abnormal
temperature at intervals for eight days after confinement. The
temperature settled down on the day following the consultant's
visit and the patient made a normal recovery.
Emergency Obstetric Service.—The emergency obstetric unit
attached to Hackney Hospital was used in one case during the year.
The unit was summoned at the request of a private practitioner, the
patient was given a blood transfusion and removed to hospital where
she recovered under treatment.
Home Helps.—The Council's home help scheme continued in
operation throughout 1943. At the end of the year 10 women were
being employed and during the year 193 applications for the services
of these women were received. Of these applications 54 were